There are 7 ways to get from Akureyri to Scotland by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Akureyri Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane AEY - EDI
8h 43m£72–233Fly Akureyri Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane AEY - GLA
9h 17m£62–233Fly Akureyri Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane AEY - ABZ
8h 25m£77–293Fly Akureyri Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane AEY - INV
10h 37m£79–293Bus to Keflavík International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Akureyri - Hof to Ártún Abus
- Fly from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KEF - EDI
12h 44m£169–340Bus to Keflavík International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the bus from Akureyri - Hof to Ártún Abus
- Fly from Keflavík International Airport (KEF) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane KEF - GLA
12h 28m£199–360Fly Akureyri Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane AEY - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
8h 41m£123–698
Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Akureyri to Scotland is to fly which costs £60 - £240 and takes 9h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Akureyri to Scotland is to fly which takes 8h 25m and costs £75 - £300.
The distance between Akureyri and Scotland is 844 miles.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from Akureyri to Scotland, including transfers.
There are 1370+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Akureyri, Iceland and Scotland?
easyJet and Edelweiss Air fly from Akureyri Airport (AEY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–310
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Keflavík International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Akureyri Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–490
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
- Phone
- +354 540 2700
- straeto@straeto.is
- Website
- straeto.is
Bus from Akureyri - Hof to Ártún A
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.straeto.is/en
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